Monday Accident & Lessons Learned: Don’t Wear a Scarf!
A woman, trying to board a London Underground train, stopped when the doors of the train shut. But her scarf swung forward and was trapped in the doors.
As the train pulled forward, she was dragged along the platform. A member of the staff tried to catch hold of her and help, but this caused her to fall to the platform.
The scarf was eventually pulled from around her neck and into the tunnel, still trapped in the train door.
The woman suffered injuries to her neck and back but was lucky that she wasn’t dragged into the tunnel and onto the tracks.
What are the lessons learned? See the UK RAIB report.
Or just stop wearing scarfs!
